Haryana floor test: CM Nayab Singh Saini wins trust vote, JJP MLAs remain absent

New Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini won the floor test in the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday, March 13.

Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) MLAs Devender Singh Babli, Ram Kumar Gautam, Ishwar Singh, Ram Niwas and Jogi Ram Sihag left the House when the issue of trust vote was taken up. The JJP had issued a whip asking its 10 legislators to remain absent from the House during voting on the confidence motion in the Haryana Assembly.

"All JJP members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly are hereby informed that Confidence Motion in the council of ministers proposed by the government will be brought in the Haryana Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the 13, March, 2024. All members of JJP in the Haryana Legislative Assembly are therefore requested to remain absent positively from the House at the time of voting on a confidence motion on Wednesday," it stated.

Saini took oath as the chief minister on Tuesday hours after the Manohar Lal Khattar resigned along with his cabinet ministers.

In the 90-member state assembly, the BJP has 41 members, and it enjoys the support of six of the seven independents and lone Haryana Lokhit Party MLA Gopal Kanda.